Improved wash-boiler



died/eti, @states Letters PatentNa 94,092,- datell ,August 24, 1869.

IMPROVED WASH-BOILER.'

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all lwhom it may concern Be it known that I, :JOHN H. ELWARD, of Palo, in' the county of Ogle, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wash-Boil-- ers; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 isa view of a wash-boiler, partly Vin elevar tion and partly in section, with my improvements attached;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section thereof Figure 3 is a longitudinal 'section on line a: x of iig. 2; and l Figure 4 is af perspeetiveview of the spreader.

Corresponding letters refer to corresponding parts in the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in providing an. apparatus to be inserted in a wash-boiler, forthe purpose 'of conducting the heated water from the bottom of the boiler to Vits top, and into the clothes; and

It consists in a partition, by which the conduit may be divided into two compartments, and also, in the combination of such partition with a spreader, as will be hereinafter described.

To enable those skilled in the art* to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, in the drawings, represents an ordinary washboiler, in which the fiat tube or conduit B is placed, resting'on legs, b. The tube may be made of tin, and of such dimensions, that 'when inserted in the boiler, it extends from end to end of the same, dividing it into two compaitments, of about equal size, for such distance as it extends upward, its upper end being some distance below the top of such boiler, It is made of such width as is found desirable.

lts lower end is provided with curved flanges, B',

forming a false bottom, the outer and lower edges be-v ing a little distance above the bottom of the boiler, so that the water may ilow freely under it. Soldcred to the upper or convex surface of the `flan ges, near the tube, are thc ends of the spider-legs l), extending in a horizontal direction to just beyond the outer. edge of the flanges, when they are bentdownward and under them, to form the feet.V

It will be seen that a grate is thus formed above the flanges or false bottom, onwhich the clothes will lie, and be prevented from packing so as to obstruct the passage of water under the bottom.

C represents an angular V- shaped piece A of tin in serted in the upper endA of the iiat tube, extending from .end to end of the same,v with its pointed end downward, and having for its object to spread the water over the sides of the tube as it rises, and let 'it fall on'the clothes on each side of the saine.

D represents a partition, which may be inserted in the tube, to divide it into two compartments longitudinally. Y It slides in guides on the inner` curved sides ofthe tube, and consists of a sheet of tin, to the upper end of which 'is soldered a V- shaped piece, so that,`as -p Y the liquid rises, it' will be forced outward, over the sides ofthe tube. This partition is. used when it is ldesirable to kecp..the water or other liquid on one side of the boiler from inter-mingling with that on the other side, to accomplish which, the lower end of thc partition is made vto reach down to the bottom of the boiler. When this partition is,used, the spreader O is removed. l v

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Pat ent, is-

The combination of-the partition D, spreader C,

and tube B, substantially as herein shown and de-'i i scribed.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in theprcsence of two subscribing witnesses. y v

` JOHN H. ELWARD. 4 Witnesses:

W. T.`ScnELL, C. S. ErcnnoL'r'. 

